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Subject: KGO Newscasters
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: amjfan-ga
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Posted: 01 Aug 2004 13:31 PDT
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Question ID: 382096
Whatever happened to the news casters Van Amberg and Jerry Jensen. 
They used to be on KGO 7 (S.F. station)news in the late 70s early 80s?
 Where are they now?
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Subject: Re: KGO Newscasters
Answered By: juggler-ga on 01 Aug 2004 14:36 PDT
 
Hello.

Jerry Jensen died on March 26, 1984.

On March 7, 1984, Jensen reported on the air that he had a terminal
illness. He died 19 days later.

You can retrieve articles about this from Lexis-Nexis if you need them:

(1) Go to this Lexis-Nexis page:  
https://web.lexis.com/LNE/ServiceSelection_en.asp

(2) Select the $2.50 per document rate. 
Click on "continue" to bring up the search page.  

(3) In the "search terms" box, enter: "jerry jensen"
In the "additional terms" box, enter: kgo

(4) Press the "search" button.

(5) 5 results will be listed.


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Van Amburg was fired from KGO in 1986.  Details on this web page:
Modern Television
http://www.moderntv.com/modtvweb/media/van2.htm

So what's he been doing since then?  

Not much, it seems. 

He apparently still lives in the Bay Area.  From time to time, he
apparently attend local charity events, broadcasters' reunions, etc. I
located several recent mentions of such activity in the S.F.
Chronicle.

Examples:

"The local chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences will celebrate 50 years of Bay Area television with an 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. luncheon Saturday at the Mark Hopkins Hotel.
  Among those expected to attend are former Bay Area television
anchors Van Amburg..."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/10/06/DD73983.DTL

"BROADCAST LEGENDS: It was the end of an era Sunday when TV legends
Belva Davis and Rollin Post celebrated their retirement after a
combined 70 years in Bay Area television.
...and former KGO-TV anchor Fred Van Amburg made a rare party appearance."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/05/28/NB9108.DTL

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search strategy:
"van amburg" kgo
"fred van amburg"
sfgate.com archive
lexis-nexis, "jerry jensen" kgo

Thanks.
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